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OSCE and Spain’s National Police enhance capacities of Moldovan border police officers to detect forged documents and impostors
Publishing date: 16 September 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
From 2 to 13 September, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in partnership with the Spanish National Police (SNP) and close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Moldova, held a two-week training course in Chișinău on identifying forged documents and impostors at border crossing points.
OSCE training fosters development of next cadre of document trainers for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 August 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
From 19 to 23 August, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department held a training-of-trainers course for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS) in Warsaw, Poland. The training focused on identifying forged documents and impostors at border crossing points.
OSCE course trained Uzbek border and customs officers in behavioural detection and interviewing
Publishing date: 4 July 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Policing
From 24 to 28 June, the Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the government of Uzbekistan, held a national training course on behavioural detection and interviewing techniques to be used at border crossing points in Uzbekistan. This course was attended by 15 first- and second-line border and customs officers.
OSCE develops next generation of travel document trainers in Tirana
Publishing date: 7 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
From 3 to 7 June 2024, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) in close co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania, organized a training of trainers course on identifying forged documents and impostors at border crossing points in Tirana, Albania. The course brought together five officers, two women and three men, from the Albanian State Police and the Albanian Border Police.
Moldovan border service officers complete OSCE study visit to Romania
Publishing date: 7 June 2024
Moldovan border and law enforcement officers visited the International Airport Henri Coanda in Otopeni and the International Airport Avram Iancu in Cluj-Napoca during a study visit that took place from 3 to 7 June. Organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department with the support of the Permanent Mission of Romania to the OSCE, the visit helped participants improve their expertise and skills related to airport security.
Identifying impostors and forged documents, enhancing co-operation between Ukrainian and UK border services key focus of OSCE study visit
Publishing date: 10 May 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
Border guards from Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service honed their skills in detecting impostors and forged documents at border crossing points during an expert-led study visit in the United Kingdom organized by the OSCE Secretariat Transnational Threats Department from 7 to 10 May 2024.
Ukrainian law enforcers receive equipment from OSCE to better combat illicit trafficking in weapons, ammunition and explosives
Publishing date: 9 May 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Border management
The OSCE supports Ukraine in addressing the problem of illicit trafficking in weapons, ammunition and explosives by providing specialized vehicles and equipment to its law enforcement authorities.